Valentine's Day Mice

February 9th

Happy Thursday, Blogging Moms!

Today we want to extend our Valentine activities. This art project is cute to accompany some of our favorite Valentine/mice books.

Theme: Valentine's Day and Mice

Materials Needed:

Construction paper (white or grey)

Scissors

Glue

Yarn

Crayons

**If you saved the hearts from the marble painting activity, you could use those. If not, cut out some other pink or red hearts.

Developmental Skills: cutting, gluing, listening and following directions

Activity: Heart Mouse

Read books about Valentine's Day mice to your child.

Cut out a large heart out of white or grey construction paper.

Fold it in half for the body and glue it closed (leave a small opening for yarn tail).

Take a medium sized heart and fold it over to make his ears.

Add details of eyes, nose and whiskers.

Attach yarn for the tail to the inside of the body.

Glue two small hearts together at the end of the tail.

Extension Activities:

Make different sized mice--large, medium, small.

Act out the stories you read using the mice you make.

Teacher's Tip:

As teachers, one of the areas we found many children struggled with was keeping their desk and area clean. Have your child help you clean up the scraps and put away materials right after the project. At this age, they love to help you clean and it helps them to develop responisiblity for their personal belongings in the classroom.